Garment



R. COOPERSMITH Nov. 3, 1925.

GARMENT Filed May 5, 1924 `to form a belt or waistband.

Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

NITED STATES GFFICE RUDOLPH COOPERSMITE, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GARMENT.' A

Application filed Hay 3,

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that L Rimonrn Coornn.- SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvementl in Garments, ofwhich the following is a specication.

This invention relates to garments and more particularly to.body-garments of .the kind known as shirts and shirt-waists for mens andwomens wear, respectively.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an improvedconstruction in suc-h garments that will overcome the tendency ot' thegarment to creep upward on the wearer and become displaced or wrinkled.Another object is to adapt the retaining means for adjustment to thewaist of the wearer. Other objects are neatness of appearance andsimplicity and cheapness of construction.

The invention consists in the means hereinafter set forth for attainingthe above objects; and it also consists in the parts and in thearrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter d escribed andclaimed.

The accompanying drawing, which formg part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur. is afrontview of a shirt embodying my invention, portions of the shirt beingfolded back to disclose the retaining device.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, my invent-ion is shown inconnection with a body-garment in the form of an ordinary coat-shirt 1for mens wear.

The retaining device comprises intermediate and end pieces .of cloth orother suitable. material which are sewed or otherwise fastened to theinside of the shirt at the waist-line thereof, and serve to reinforcesaid shirt along said line. The intermediate strip 2 is secured to theback of the shirt; and the end strips 3 are secured to the frontportions thereof with their outer end portions left loose. The end andintermediate strips are disposed end to end along the waist-line of theshirt with their adjacent ends spaced apart; and said adjacent ends ofsaid intermediate and end strips are connected together by means ofstrips of elastic et which cooperate with the non-elastic strips Theloose or free outer end portion of one of the end strips is providedwith a series of buttons 5; and the loose or free outer end portion of1924. Serial No. 710,713.

the other end strip is provided with buttonholes 6 adapted to receivesaid buttons 5, whereby the loose or free outer ends of the end stripsare adapted to be lapped and joined together when the shirt is buttonedup.

The adjacent end portions of the intermediate and end strips areprovided with a series of `bnttonholes 7 adapted to receive buttons 8that are secured to the ends of the elastic strips 4, whereby saidelastic strips may be replaced when they lose their clasticity orremoved before the shirt is laundered. The middle portions of theelastic strips 4; are loosely'held in position by means of cloth straps9 that are sewed or otherwise fastened to lnside of the shirt midwaybetween the adjacent ends of the intermediate and end strips and serveas guides for said elastic strips. l

ln use, thc free outer ends of the end strips of the retaining deviceare lapped and buttoned together. The shirt is then buttoned up,therebyentirely concealing the retaining device. In the buttonedposition of the retaining belt, the elastic sections thereof operate tomaintain a yielding tension of the belt around the waist ofthe wearer.where by the waist portion'of the shirt is drawn snugly about the waistof the wearer, This snug tit of the shirt about the waist of the wearerserves to hold the shirt in proper position at the waist line, therebypreventing creeping or sliding movement of the body portion of theshirt, which movement tends to cause portions of the shirt to becomewrinkled or displaced.

Some of the important advantages of my retaining device are, namely: Itpermits the elastic strips to be raised or lowered for long orshort-waisted persons; it provides for variation in the waist size; itenables the elastic `strip to be readily replaced when worn and removedbefore launderiiw'- it 7: strengthens or reinforces the waist portion ofthe shirt; and it is entirely concealed and y is of simple and cheapconstruction.

Obviously, the device admits of considerable modification withoutdeparting from the invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited tothe precise construct-ion shown and described.

VVha-t I claim is:

1. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice therefor, said device comprising a strip located entirely withinand removably secured to said garment along its waist portion, saidgarment and said strip bein(1r provided with co-operating fasteningdevices adapted to permit vertical ad'ustment of said strip withrelation to sai garment, said fastening devices being adapted to preventhoriontal movement of said strip with relation to said garment.

2. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice therefor, said device comprising elastic strips located entirelywithinV and removably securedv end to end to the inside of said garmentalong the waist portion thereof, said garment and said strips beingprovided with co-operating fastening devices adapted to permit verticaladjustment of said strips with relation to said garment, said fastenjing devices being adapted to prevent horizontal movement of said stripswith relation to said garment.

3. The `combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice therean end sections permanently secured to the whereby said endsare adapted to inside of said garment along its waist portion, the outerends of said end sections being left loose and formed with cooperatingfastening devices, whereby said ends are adapted to be joined together,and elastic vsections connectmg the adjacent ends of said end andintermediate sections.

4. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice therefor, said device comprising non-elastic intermediate and endsections permanently secured end to end to the inside of said gar- -mentalong its waist portion, theoutcr ends of'- said end sections beingleftV loose and formed with cooperating fastenin devices, lapped andjoined together, and detachable elastic sections connecting the adjacentends of said end and intermediate sections.

5. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice therefor, said device comprising an intermediate section securedto the inside of said garment at the back thereof, end sections securedto the inside of said garment on opposite sides of the openin in thefront thereof, said sections being isposed end te end along the waistline of said garment, the outer ends of said end sections being providedwith cooperating fastening devices, whereby said ends are adapted to bejoined together, and elastic sections connecting the adjacent ends ofsaid intermediate and end sections.

6. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice there-l for, saidvdevice comprising an intermediate scetionsecured to the inside of said garment at the back thereof, end Sectionssecured to the inside of said garment on opposite sides of the openingin the front thereof, said sections being disposed end to end along thewaist line of said garment with their adjacent ends spaced apart, theouter ends of said end sections being provided with cooperatingfastening devices whereby said ends are adapted to be lapped and joinedtogether, and elastic sections connecting the adjacent `ends of saidintermediate end sections, saiol elastic sections being detachablysecured to said end and intermediate sections. v

7. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice -therefor, said device comprising an intermediate section securedto the inside of said garment at theback thereof, end sections securedto the inside of said garment on opposite sides of the opening in thefront thereof, said sections being disposed end to end along the waistline of said garment with their adjacent ends spaced apart, the outerends of said end sections beingprovided with coo erating fasteningdevices whereby said en s are adapted to be detachably secured together,elastic strips connecting the adjacent ends of said intermediate and endsections, said elastic strips being detachably secured to said end andinter-l mediate sections and means whereby said elastic strips areadapted to be adjusted vertically with'relation to the end andintermediate strips.

8. The combination of a garment of the kind described and a retainingdevice therefor, said device comprising a non-elastic intermediatesection permanently secured to the inside of said garment at the backthereof, non-elastic end sections permanently secured to the inside ofsaid garment on opposite sides of the opening in the front thereof. saidsections being disposed -end to end along the waist line of said garmentwith their adjacent ends spaced apart, elastic sections connecting theadjacent ends of said intermediate and end sections, straps secured tothe inside of the garment between the adjacent ends of said intermediateand end sections for holding said elasticl sections in position, meanson the outer ends of said end sect-ions whereby said ends are adapted tobe fastened together, means for removably securing said elastic sectionsto said intermediate and end sections, and means permitting verticaladjustment of said elastic sections with relation to said end andintermediate sections.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 29th day of April, 1924.

' .RUDOLPH COOPERSMITH.

